The results from the team on Albums and surprises of the Year 2008 are now online. In the new site, you simply need to click the new menu item called Awards. On the old website, there is a link under the left side menu called Award 2008, you can access it there.

Enjoy

The MetalReviews Team

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People awards results are now online, click the link below to access them.

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Jeff would like to stress that he is not retiring permanently, but would look for an opening if one presents itself. He will think about how he can help and work with the site if the opportunity presents itself under his current circumstances. Jeff has issued a small statement himself:

I have enjoyed my time with Metal Reviews. I feel I have contributed a lot to the site. The team has changed drastically over the last few years. I will still contribute, but not as a team member. There are a lot of new guys now. The output is great. I wish I could have gotten to know some of you more. The site is better than ever. Out with the old and in with the new. I won’t let the door hit m ...

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Candlelight Records today confirms the extension of their cooperation with Chicago-based Battle Kommand Records. Founded by Nachtmystium vocalist/guitarist Blake Judd in 2004, Candlelight will now look after the noted underground label’s catalog around the globe; previously the deal was in place for only England and the European continent. Nachtmystium’s highly regarded catalog will be the first to find reissue under the new deal. In stores April 21, each of the band’s early recordings, namely Reign of the Malicious, Nachtmystium, The First Attacks, Demise and the highly acclaimed Instinct: Decay, will again be available for the band’s ...

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The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

As some of you may have already noticed, the 2008 Reader's Choice Voting Threads are up and running. These threads are located as "Sticky" at the top of each genre sections in the Forum. Besides individual genres (where we ask you to vote for Top 5), there is also Top 5 Surprises, Top 5 Disappointments and Top 15 overall to be found as "Sticky" in the General Music Discussion forum. Please read the guidelines at the top of each thread, and feel free to ask if there are any questions. Above all, have fun and let your vote be heard!

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The metal community has lost one of its strongest advocates with the passing of Adrian "The Energizer" Bromley. He was just 37 years old. Adrian was the editor and one of the founders of the heavy metal magazine Unrestrained! He had been a metal journalist for many years, and was also a founder of one of the first metal webzines, Chronicle Of Chaos. Until recently Adrian worked in promotion for The End Records and his latest ventures were his promotion company Ixmati Media and record label Absurdist Records.

I've known Adrian for the past few years. I can't believe he is gone, being a year younger than me. It is a shock. I have never met him personally, but always enjoyed a brief ...

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We would like to welcome Charles, Drew, Jerrol, Khelek (Aaron), and Pete to the team of reviewers.
We hope they will like being part of the MetalReviews family and we look forward to having them as valuable additions to the team for years to come.

MetalReviews
In Metal We Trust

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After cancelling several shows last week due to singer Phil Labonte's throat issues, Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS have now officially dropped off the U.S. tour with IN FLAMES, 36 CRAZYFISTS and GOJIRA.

Commented the band: "Sorry, but we aren't gonna be at any more of the shows on the IN FLAMES tour. We'll have a press release probably [later today, Monday, December 1]. The holiday weekend has prevented an official release 'cause everyone at the label had gone home when the decision was made to drop. Sorry and we'll figure some way out to make it up to you guys. Thanks and we hope you have a happy holidays and a happy New Year."

Two new SEPULTURA songs — "The Treatment" and "We've Lost You" — are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

Brazil's SEPULTURA is a prime example of an intelligent thrash metal act whose powerful compositions continue to tackle exciting and ingenious subjects. 1996 saw the band devote its landmark release "Roots" to the fate of the Xavante Indians on the border of Brazil and Bolivia; in spring 2006 the musicians put to music an opus by the Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, on their album "Dante XXI". Now this concept has reached a new clim ...

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